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1 Kings 7:26
English Standard Version
1 Kings 7:26
English Standard Version
26 Its thickness was a handbreadth,[a] and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.[b]
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- 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:26 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
1 Kings 7:26
New International Version
1 Kings 7:26
New International Version
26 It was a handbreadth[a] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[b]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
- 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
1 Kings 7:26
King James Version
1 Kings 7:26
King James Version
26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
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1 Kings 7:38
English Standard Version
1 Kings 7:38
English Standard Version
38 And he made (A)ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.
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1 Kings 7:38
New International Version
1 Kings 7:38
New International Version
38 He then made ten bronze basins,(A) each holding forty baths[a] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.
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- 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters
1 Kings 7:38
King James Version
1 Kings 7:38
King James Version
38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
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